Kovels on Antiques and Collectibles August 2011 Newsletter Available

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CLEVELAND – July 25, 2011 – Kovels on Antiques and Collectibles August 2011 issue is now available in print and online. The monthly newsletter reports on Political Bandannas, Flower Frogs, Kimbel & Cabus Furniture, Emilio Pucci Psychedelic Fashions, and Toy Store Room Boxes.

Ever hear of a “flower frog“? See Rookwood and Weller examples with prices in the August issue of Kovels on Antiques and Collectibles.

Kovels’ August issue reports on a recent auction of toy storefront “room boxes,” with pictures and prices. A German toy bakery “room box,” complete with a shopkeeper and customer, sold for $2,950.

Remember the 1960s with Emilio Pucci psychedelic print clothing that sold at a Massachusetts auction. Full report in Kovels’ August newsletter.

Kimbel and Cabus of New York was made furniture for only 20 years in the late 1800s. Find pictures and prices of some of their Gothic Revival pieces that sold well over presale estimates in Kovels’ on Antiques and Collectibles August issue.

Kovels’ August newsletter also features political bandannas with pictures of late 19th and early 20th centuries presidential candidates that sold at a spring auction in Ohio.

Regular monthly features—the Dictionary of Marks (August features marks used by the 19th century Vienna Workshop, Wiener Werkstatte), the popular illustrated Collector’s Gallery with answers to readers’ questions, and the Buyer’s Price Guide of recent prices—are also included.

With its mixture of expert advice and reports on what’s hot in the market, the newsletter has something to offer for both beginning and experienced collectors. To subscribe to the print version of Kovels on Antiques and Collectibles, go to kovels.com/Print/print-subscription.html. Subscribe to the downloadable digital version at kovels.com/e?digital.

Terry Kovel, well-known expert who gives information and advice on collecting, will discuss the content of this release or any other antiques and collectibles topics with accredited media. Photographs are available. Contact pr@kovels.com.

About Kovels.com
Terry Kovel has written 100 books about collecting, including the best-selling annual price book, Kovels’ Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide. The 2012 guide will be in stores in August. Terry publishes a subscription newsletter and writes a syndicated newspaper column that appears in more than 150 newspapers and digital publications. She and Ralph starred in the weekly HGTV program, “Flea Market Finds with the Kovels.” The Kovels website, Kovels.com, offers 800,000 free prices and other information for collectors, including books, special reports, a weekly emailed letter to collectors, marks and an archive of other informative material. Since Ralph’s death in 2008, the Kovel brand has been continued by Terry Kovel and her daughter, Kim Kovel.

Kovels’ Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide
http://www.kovelsonlinestore.com/2011_Kovels_Price_Guide_p/b28531.htm?click=6173

Contact Information:
pr@kovels.com

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